Allergy friendly BLW meal ideas

July 29, 2015

One thing I struggle with is thinking of meals that Ava can have with her allergies. Online forums and recipe books are full of lovely BLW meal ideas that just aren’t suitable for her. I know from Facebook groups and talking to other Mummies who have children with allergies that it can be a really daunting task.

I am going to do a series of daily meal ideas that hopefully might help.

All of the meals are dairy, soya, egg, peanut, banana and strawberry free. They could be adapted for any other allergies your baby may have. More details of the products I use in these meals can be found at the bottom of the post.

Breakfast

Baby wheat flakes (7m+) with Oat milk. Pre loaded onto a spoon. Toast squares with Vitalite butter and quartered apricots with the skin left on to help her pick them up.

Oatly Oat Milk, contains the same amount of calcium as full fat cows milk (lower in calories) I ave heard Oat Dream has the highest calcium content which I need to check.

Soya flour free bread, Tesco Finest Stone Ground Wholemeal Farmhouse. This can be a nightmare to find and this one is reasonably priced and not full of seeds.

Coconut Vanilla Yoghurt, Coyo. a tip with this is to use little pots to store a baby yoghurt size to stop them going off and to stop wastage, we used our Vital baby mini press freezer containers which are the perfect size.

Some of these products I can only find in larger Tesco stores. You can also find some of them in health food shops and online shops.

It must be so hard for you to continually think of new food options, your series of allergy friendly meal ideas will be a great resource for others going through the same thing. Thanks for hosting #weaningwednesdays

Thanks for sharing this article. I enjoyed reading about your creative menu, some foods I hadn’t even heard of before! The coconut yoghurt sounds amazing. I will look out for it for my little guy. #weaningwednesdays

I’ve recently started my kiddo on purees, he’s not too willing to scoop and eat food that are soft and squishy yet. Can I ask how you determined what your little one was allergic to? So far he’s not showing any signs but I don’t think I even know what to look for. This is a great meal post and I like your weaning wednesdays idea. Maybe I should blog about what I’m trying to feed him.

Hi Julie this post here explains some of the symptons she had when she was reacting to things through my milk https://mummyandmonkeys.com/allergies/breastfeeding-baby-allergies/ when reacting to food she has eaten with strawberry and banana it was a rash and hives that started around her mouth and spread down her body. With the egg it was within a muffin and she was sick a rash started and then her tongue and lips swelled up. Hopefully your little one will continue to be ok with food x

It is so tough to adapt. Whilst initially daunting I found that I got into the swing of things too although over the years it gets tough to think of what else to do with the same ingredients. Great post

Funnily enough I had a friend over yesterday whose daughter has broad range of allergies. But she is a toddler and can have a larger range of foods. This is a great resource for tiddleys with allergies! #PickNMix

This is so useful! Evie has a wheat allergy and we’ve been getting free from bread but it’s like £3 for a loaf! I’m going to try making it myself soon but it’s great to hear about some other blw ideas that are yummy. Evie’s good with dairy and all of the above, but it’s still nice to find some alternatives. 🙂 xx #picknmix

Goodness you have a lot of allergies to deal with 🙁
We only have milk and just not too much soya, but I find fatty things can be harder and for a while my little one kept losing weight. Love Violife and Oatmilk and also find Organix cereal bars so handy to have in my handbag. I’ll look forward to reading more of your recipes 🙂
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Fatty things are really challenging. Avocado is a good one but it’s on our avoid list because of the latex family allergy (banana and plaster) Organix cereal bars and most of their snacks are great. My 4yr old still loves the carrot bars. My eldest sounds like he was similar to yours. x

Wow I cannot imagine how difficult must be for you to find alternative food for your baby. This looks pretty good though and I will try a few things for my 1 year old daughter because they look yummy!! 😉 Thanks for sharing and hosting, xx
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It must be really difficult and perhaps even daunting at times to prepare meals for Ava. I cannot imagine how stressful that would be as none of my children have allergies. What a creative menu you have come up with though! I will keep checking these as they seem very healthy options for all children. Thank you so much for sharing and hosting #PicknMix 🙂

Weaning is hard work but with allergies on top of that I can imagine you have to do your research. This post in really interesting. We like the Kallo rice crackers! They are tasty! I no longer have a baby but will keep this post in mind in case any of my friends come across this issue!

Oh my word poor thing! I can’t imagine having all those allergies bless her! Looks like a great little menu for her though. We never did the BLW – she just wasn’t really interested and as we both worked full time we went for an easy option so we could just spend time with her! Plus any food I do make for her she spits out and throws it to the dogs!

I found weaning challenging enough without having to deal with allergies – I can’t imagine what it is like! Looks like you have a happy, healthy girl who is doing really great with weaning – a credit to you. I like the idea of home made chips – might try them for my little man 🙂
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This is a lovely days eating for any baby. Love the idea of squeezing the fruit, I never thought of that before. I’d love to have you link up with #foodpornthursdays – all food related posts are very welcome 🙂 Thank you for hosting #PicknMix xx

I can imagine how stressed out you must be. Weaning can be a nightmare at the best of times but having to do so with a child who has food allergies, sending you a mummy hug. I’m glad your able to give her a varied diet though. Good luck with finding more recipes 🙂

I can’t even imagine how hard it is to find suitable things for allergies. I found it hard to wean let alone having to avoid certain foods. looks like you’re doing a brilliant job though! linked to you from #PicknMix

This is a brilliant post for weaning babies with allergies – it must be so hard! When I weaned M (he’s now 2) he had a cows milk intolerance from 8wks old so we had to wean him on soya alternatives and he was on prescription formula. I was surprised by how many alternatives there were out there. Luckily for us he outgrew his allergy before he was 12 months. #picknmix